Emerging Infectious Diseases (Jan 2018)

Dengue Fever in Burkina Faso, 2016

  • Zékiba Tarnagda,
  • Assana Cissé,
  • Brice Wilfried Bicaba,
  • Serge Diagbouga,
  • Tani Sagna,
  • Abdoul Kader Ilboudo,
  • Dieudonné Tialla,
  • Moussa Lingani,
  • K. Appoline Sondo,
  • Issaka Yougbaré,
  • Issaka Yaméogo,
  • Hyacinthe Euvrard Sow,
  • Jean Sakandé,
  • Lassana Sangaré,
  • Rebecca Greco,
  • David J. Muscatello

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3201/eid2401.170973
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 24, no. 1
pp. 170 – 172

Abstract

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We report 1,327 probable cases of dengue in Burkina Faso in 2016. Of 35 serum samples tested by a trioplex test, 19 were confirmed dengue virus (DENV)‒positive: 11 DENV-2, 6 DENV-3, 2 nontypeable, and 1 DENV-2/DENV-3 co-infection. Molecular testing should be conducted to correctly identify causative agents in this complex infectious disease landscape.

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